MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE ON PREGNANT FIGHTER TITLE BOUT

Brazilian website Primeiro Round recently told the story of Brazilian strawweight fighter Kinberly Novaes who withdrew from an upcoming bout scheduled for Aug. 21 after difficulty with her weight cut lead the fighter to discover she was six months pregnant.

Novaes then remembered that she had competed earlier this year on May 17, and realized she would have been 12 weeks pregnant at the time of winning the Noxii 115-pound title in Brazil. R